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Includes an insightful critique that helps immunize readers against the wiles of cultists, religious and political zealots, conspiracy theorists, and various other nutcases by clearly setting out the tricks of the trade by which such insidious belief systems are created and sustained.

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Stephen Law (Oxford, England) is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London; provost for the Centre for Inquiry UK; and the editor of "Think: Philosophy for Everyone" (a journal of the Royal Institute of Philosophy). He is the author of numerous books for adults as well as children, including "The Greatest Philosophers, Companion Guide to Philosophy, The War for Children's Minds," and "Really, Really Big Questions," among other works.